Abstract

Issuing permits needed to conduct mining activities in Turkey requires bureaucratic procedures involving many public institutions. In Turkey, even after obtaining the operation permit, the application of asking opinion to other institutions, except authorized ministries, is ongoing. This situation is not only legally contradictory to the Mining Law but also provides a status that the mining investors cannot start production even though they have received all the required permits. In addition, the elapsed time for mining operation permits leads to delay in mining production activities and even to a considerable loss of mining investments. In this table, a number of questions were asked to the mining enterprises using the "Survey Monkey" program to identify problems with authorized institutions on permitting processes. When the answers given to these questions are evaluated collectively, the majority of the mining enterprises think that having more than one institution in the permit process eliminates the predictability in the sector. In this direction, the management of all mining operation permit processes by an Authority to be established under a single roof will prevent the loss of mining investments and accelerate all the processes related to mining.